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Diplomats in Kabul warned that Pakistan posed a bigger security challenge than Afghanistan, as Islamabad grappled with the latest terrorist attack on its soil and the escalatiTaliban insurgency on its north-western border. Senior officials in the Foreign Office and the Obama administration express concern because of its nuclear weapons and its highly politicised and Islamicised secret service, the Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI).ng
It was noted that every time Pakistan signed a peace deal there is an increase in the fighting on the Afghan side and peace deals fall apart quickly. The epicentre of the problem is Pakistan's Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) which have become a stronghold for jihadist groups including al-Qaida and various splinters of the Taliban. The Guardian reported on Tuesday that three warlords in Fata had settled their differences, formed a group calling itself Shura Ittihad-ul Mujahideen, or Council of United Holy Warriors, and had agreed to focus their efforts on launching attacks in Afghanistan. Pray:against the expected ‘more violence this summer' that is being talked about and may the church stand and continue to stand against the Islamization of Pakistan. (Rev.3:7) Source: Prayer Alert |
